Machine fob sticking pins



G. 0. CROSBY. MACHINE FOR STIGKING PINS;

No 10,182. Patented Nov. 1, 1853.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

C. O. CROSBY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR STICKING PINS.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHAUNoEY O. CROSBY, ofthe city and county of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Machinery for Sticking Pins onPaper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the construction, character, and operation of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make apart of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a birds-eye view of thewhole apparatus within lines, or dots. Fig. 2, is a plan or horizontalview of the same, taken from the front or working side of the machine.Fig. 8, is a plan or horizontal, view of the same, taken from theright-hand end of the machine. Fig. 4, is a perspective view of thesliding bed and the parts attached to it, &c. Fig. 5, is a perspectiveview of a section of the crimping apparatus. Fig. 6, is a plan view of across section of the same. Fig. 7, is a plan or edge view of the splitor connecting wheel. Fig. 8, is an inside view of a part of the same.Fig. 9, is a plan view of the separating wheel, &c.

My improvement consists in the use of a split wheel, (with countersinksin the inner edges of the peripheries suited to the size of the heads ofthe pins,) to connect the lower end of the straight inclined conductingchannel with the upright or vertical side guides, for the purpose ofconveying the pins from one to the other, and to prevent the pins frombinding or choking up the passage while changing from a vertical to ahorizontal position, and in the use of a wheel with a double periphery,(by being grooved in the middle,) armed with two rows of teeth toseparate the pins while between the vertical side guides, and allow eachpin, separately, to fall, at the proper time into the grooves in thesliding bed at the lower end of the passage between the vertical sideguides as the pins are being carried out by the sliding bed to the placeof being stuck, and in the use of an apparatus composed of two side barsand a thin tongue attached together at the back end, resembling the jawsand tongue of a jewsharp, while slides transversely across the bed plateof the machine above the paper to hold the paper down while the doublefolding blades are ascending to crimp it, and in the use of doublefolding blades to force 10,182, dated November 1, 1853.

the poles of the paper up between the tongue and the jaw on each side,so as to form two folds or crimps, to receive the pins, while both thejaws and tongue and the double folding blades may be readily withdrawnafter the pins are stuck, to allow the paper to be advanced, and in theuse of top guides to steady the crimps or folds of the paper. while thepins are being stuck after the double folding blades have descended.

I make the frame of a bed plate, A, A, posts, B, B, B, and a standard,C, to support the straight inclined conducting channel, D, all as shownin Figs. 1, 2, and 3. I make the straight inclined conducting channel,D, of wood or any other suitable material, of two pieces of-sufticientdepth for the length of the pins. I bevel the upper part inward, orconcave, (like a trough,) that the pins may the more readily fall intothe space, C. Figs. 1, and 3, bet-ween the parts or side plates, onwhich the heads of the pins rest or are sustained, and the lower partconvex, to throw oif the surplus pins. At the lower end ofthisconducting channel I place a split wheel, F. Figs. 1, 2, and 3, of adiameter more than twice the length of the pins, (so that the pins maybe received into it without obstruction.) In the periphery of this wheelI make counter-sinks or spaces, of a suitable size and shape to receiveand sustain the heads of the pins as the wheel revolves, so as to enablethis wheel not only to carry the pins forward and downward, but also tochange their position from vertical to horizontal, and near the top andin front I place shields, as shown at a and b, Fig. 2, to steady theheads of the pins in these counter-sinks or spaces. At the lower part ofthis wheel, F, and partially embracing it I fit vertical side guides, G,G. Figs. 2, 3, and 9, through the space between which the pins arecarried down by the separating wheel, H. Figs. 1, 2, and 9, to thegrooves in the sliding bed, I, Figs. 1, 2, and 4, to be carried in frontof the crimping apparatus preparatory to their being stuck. I make theseparating wheel, I-I, Figs. 1, 2, and 9, of steel or any other suitable material, with a groove turned in the middle of its periphery, (orI use two disks to compose the wheel,) and cut or form on the edges ofthese two peripheries teeth to enter between the pin barrel, (near theheads,) to sustain, separate, and carry them downward between thevertical side guides,

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(the front side guide forming a stationary shield to keep the pinbetween the teeth,) and drop them at the proper intervals into theV-shaped grooves in the sliding bed, 1, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Or thisseparating wheel, H, may be made somewhat thicker and have the teeth cutstraight acrossi-ts periphery without the middle groove,,., if I thoughtbest ,in any case. This separating wheel, H, is revolved at the proper.time by means of a rack, 0, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and. 4, at-.

tached to and moving with thesliding bed, I, working the spur wheel,Z,.Figs. 1, .2, and

3, the pinion of which, seen 3 .35., works the spur wheel, K, which ison the same arbor with the separating wheel, H, as seen in Figs. 1 and2,.but "only causes it to revolve in one direction by means of theratchet wheel and ratchet, f and 9, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, so that when thegrooved'sliding bed, I,

. is moving back preparatoryto receiving the pins the spurwheel,.K,.revolves loose on the arbor and the separating wheel,.H,;remains I make the sliding ted, .1,rigsfrarg, and 6, with twenty (orany other required number of.) transverse, V shaped grooves (showndistinctly in Fig. 4) toreceive the pins as they are dropped from theteeth of the separating wheel, H, through the passage between thevertical side guides and convey them in front of the crimping appa--ratus. This grooved sliding bed, I, is moved backward and forward underthe lower end of the vertical sideguides G, G (below the separatingwheel by means of the rod or handle, L, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, and isguided by the station bar, it, Figs. 2 and 4.v To this grooved slidingbed I attach the rack, 0, on one side, and the jaws i, 2', and tongue,j,

on the other side, all as seen in Figs. 1,2,

3, and 4, so that they will all be moved by g the same operation.

Figs. 1, 2, and 5, under which they pass, and of a pair of doublefolding blades, Z, Z,

Figs. 1,2, 5, and 6, which are depressed by a spring, m, acting on thelever, M, as the folding blades are attached to the prongs or bracketsof that lever, one of which is seen at a, Fig. 2, and by this means aredepressed to allow the jaws and tongue to pass over and across the paperpreparatory to crimping it, and theyare elevated or forced up to crimpthe paper between the aws and tongue (on each side of the tongue, asseen in Figs. 2, and 6) by means of the lever, M, Fig. 2, (working onit, fulcrum pin, 12, Figs. 1, 2, and 3.) To the right hand end of thislever, M, I attach a block, or button, 7*, by a joint pin, 0, on whichit turns freely, and it is steadied in its position against a stud, p,by means of the spiral spring, g, all as indicated by dotted lines inFigs. 1, 2, and 3, and near the end of the slide N, Figs. 1, 2, and 3,

and on its under side I secure a block, 0, of

a shape like that indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that when theslide, N, is moved forward by the lever,-.P, for the purpose of forcingthe pins'through the crimps of the paper the inclined surface of theblock, 0, passes over the button, 1", and depresses that end of thelever, M, and thereby elevates the double folding blades, Z, Z, to crimpthe paper, as shown in Fig. 6.

To the under side of the inner end of the slide, N, I attach teeth orpunches, (ofthe V shape,) which when the slide N, is moved" forward passalong in the transverse grooves,

s, 8, Figs. 1, and 6, in the sliding bed, I, to force the pins throughthe folds of the crimped paper. Above and parallel with the tongue, j, Isecure a shield,t, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, with the edges turneddownward likeribs, as shown in cross section in Figs. 5, and 6, tosteady and sustain thepaper while the. pins are being stuck, and a studin the middle, as seen at n, Figs. 1, and 5, to steady the tongue, j, inthe center while the paper is being crimped. I

The back end of the lever, P, as it works on the fulcrum, Q,.Figs. 1,and 2, works" the bar, R, which by means of the jointed hand or dog, S,Fig. 2, acting in the ratchet wheel, T, revolves the cylinder, U, Figs.1 and 2, to wind up the paper after the pins are stuck, as seen at V,Fig. 2. I

Having thus constructed and arranged the several parts of my machine Iwind the paper on a cylinder, at W, Figs.'2 and 3, and carry it upthrough the bed plate,

A, A, over-the edges of the double folding blades, Z, Z, and secure theend in the cylinder, U, by a key, seen at o, as seen in Fig. 2.

I then pour the pins into a suitable hopper at the upper end of theconducting channel, D, to feed the pins in the usual way, ,(hav-' ingashield or spout to carry off the surplus tical side guides, as seen inFig. 3, when they will pass downward until they are stopped by the teethof the separating wheel, H, which is ready to receive them. Having soplaced the grooved sliding bed, I, that the first or back V shape groovewill be under (or a little back of) the space, to, between the verticalside guides, G, G, Figs. 1 and 3, by means of the handle, L, I draw thesliding bed I forward, when the rack, 0, Will give motion to the spurwheel, (Z, its pinion, e, and the spur wheel, K, which last being on thesame arbor will revolve the separating wheel, H, over in the directionindicated by the dart, when its teeth will re ceive and separate thepins and drop them into the grooves in the sliding bed, I, which willconvey them in front of the crimping apparatus preparatory to theirbeing stuck, and then by moving the front end of the lever, B, in thedirection indicated by the dart it will carry forward the slide, N, andcause the block, 0, to pass onto the but-- ton, 1, and by depressingthat end of the lever, M, will elevate the double folding blades, Z, Z,and force two folds of the paper up between the jaws, 'Z, 2', one oneach side of the tongue, j, as seen in Fig. 2, and also bring the foldsor crimps against the ribs of the top guide or shield t, and bycontinuing to advancethe lever, P, in the same direction the block, 0,will be advanced until the recess or rabbet at a, will rest on thebutton, 1, when the spring, on, will depress the double folding blades,Z, Z, sufficiently to allow the pins to pass through the folds or crimpsbetween the folding blades Z, Z, and the top guide or shield, t, asshown in Fig. 6. This motion of the lever, P, will also carry the block,O, entirely over and beyond the button, T, when the spring, m, willdepress the double folding blades, Z, Z, leaving the paper sustained bythe tongue, j, and jaws, i, 2', by the pins being above them. I then, bymeans of the handle, L, push back the sliding bed, I, to its originalposition, which carries with it the aws and tongue of the crimpingapparatus and thus entirely relieves the paper and by moving the lever,P, back, or in the direction opposite to that indicated by the dart, thehand or dog, S, being jointed to the bar, R, working in the ratchetwheel T, will revolve the cylinder, U, and carry forward the paper withthe pins stuck in its crimps, as shown at V, Fig. 2, and bring upanother portion of the paper to be crimped, and as the back end of theblock, 0, comes against the button 1' the button will turn on itsfulcrum pin, 0, and allow the slide, N, to return toits former positionwithout afiecting the lever, M, and the button, 7-, will be thrown backto its former position by the spiral spring, 9, when the machine will beready for another operation, as before described.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The use of a split wheel, (F,) to connect the lower end of thestraight inclined conducting channel, (D,) with the upper end of thevertical side guides, G, G, to convey the pins from the former to thelatter, while it changes the position of the pins from vertical tohorizontal, as herein described, whether with, or without, thecounter-sinks in the inner edges of the peripheries.

2. I also claim the use of a separating wheel, (H,) with teeth on itsperiphery, to sustain the column of pins, separate them, and drop themseparately into the grooves in the sliding bed, (1,) at the proper time,by its revolution, as herein described, whether the wheel be made of twodisks, or with the periphery grooved out, or the periphery be single andthe teeth out directly across it.

3. I also claim the method of crimping the paper by the use of jaws (z'i) with a tongue, (j,) between them to slide across the paper in such amanner that the paper may be crimped by double folding blades, (Z, Z,)forcing the two folds of the paper through the space between the tongueand the jaw on each side, so that the pins may be stuck through thecrimps, over the upper edges of the folding blades while the tongue willbe between the pins and the paper, and so that both, the bars andtongue, and the double folding blades, may be readily withdrawn torelease the paper, and this whether the double folding blades are belowor above the jaws and tongue; when they are constructed and used, andmade to operate, substantially, as herein described.

C. O. CROSBY.

Witnesses S. RANsoM, R. FITZGERALD.

